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May 5 » by Cali & Jody
ROWE is not flexibility. ROWE is not a flexible work arrangement. ROWE is not flex-time. The only “F word” that best describes ROWE is freedom. We understand people who have no control over how they work or are forever asking permission to live their life may see “flexibility” as a ray of hope. It’s not. [...]
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Tags: Best Buy, control, Face time, flex time, flexible work schedules, ROWE, The Office of Personnel Management, The University of Minnesota, The Wall Street Journal
Posted in Accountability, Availability, Balance, Communication, Effective management, Face time, Flexibility, Future of ROWE, Government, Health and wellness, Management, Meetings, News, ROWE, ROWE mindset, Teams, Technology, Telecommuting, The book, Time, Work culture, Work Environment, Work redefined, Work-Life | 8 Comments »
Jan 24 » by Cali & Jody
Last April, we announced the Office of Personnel Management would be piloting the Results-Only Work Environment for 400 employees. To refresh your memory, the OPM is the human resources agency for the executive branch of the federal government. Employees in the pilot were from Retirement Claims, The Office of the Director, Communications, and HR Services. [...]
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Tags: Deloitte, federal government, Human resources, Office of Personnel Management, ROWE
Posted in Future of ROWE, Government, Labor law, Management, ROWE | 10 Comments »
Nov 8 » by Cali & Jody
This update from D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer is about a “pause” in the OCTO to ROWE transition. As expected, the newly elected Mayor and his administration have decided to review the OCTO plan to go ROWE. This is commonplace in the world of politics and we are optimistic the new administration will [...]
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Tags: D.C.’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer, government, Human resources, OCTO, ROWE, ROWE migration, social change
Posted in Effective management, Government, Management, Meetings, ROWE | 6 Comments »
Oct 30 » by Cali & Jody
The latest update from D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer is all about moving full steam ahead and discussing the employee focus group findings, which were conducted by CultureRx. The concern about the impact the newly elected Mayor may have on the future of ROWE at OCTO was also addressed. Bryan Sivak, the D.C. [...]
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Tags: D.C.’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer, government, Human resources, OCTO, ROWE, ROWE migration, social change
Posted in Government, Management, ROWE, ROWE mindset, Time, Work culture, Work redefined | No Comments »
Oct 22 » by Cali & Jody
The latest update from D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer highlights metrics in a ROWE. You know, measuring the productivity of employees based on performance as opposed to counting hours or by the temperature of one’s chair. An excerpt: Defining “individual deliverables,” as Bryan Sivak, Washington, D.C.’s Chief Technology Officer calls them, is a [...]
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Tags: D.C.’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer, government, OCTO, ROWE, ROWE migration, social change
Posted in Effective management, Future of ROWE, Government, Management, ROWE, ROWE mindset, ROWE stories, Technology, Time, Work culture, Work Environment, Work redefined, Workplace trends | 2 Comments »
Oct 20 » by Michael Barata
Laura Goodrich, Innovator, Author, Expert Speaker, Radio/TV/Film Host, and Internationally Recognized Expert in Workplace Dynamics and Change hosts the radio show FutureWork, a part of Linked2Leadership Radio Network. FutureWork is a collaboration of the host, the guests and you, and the audience to create meaningful solutions to workforce challenges and opportunities. FutureWork will feature reoccurring [...]
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Tags: Cali Ressler, FutureWork Radio, Jody Thompson, Laura Goodrich, ROWE
Posted in Flexibility, Government, Health and wellness, News, ROWE, Work-Life | No Comments »
Oct 14 » by Cali & Jody
We are SO EXCITED to announce the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer has signed on to go ROWE. Their 550 employees will become the first agency in our nation’s Capitol government system to be a Results-Only Work Environment. We congratulate this courageous and forward-thinking decision to change the game. Following is an interview [...]
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Tags: government, OCTO, ROWE, ROWE migration, social change
Posted in Effective management, Future of ROWE, Government, Management, ROWE, ROWE mindset, ROWE stories, Technology, Time, Work culture, Work Environment, Work redefined | 9 Comments »
Apr 6 » by Cali & Jody
While reviewing Michelle Obama’s remarks from last week’s Workplace Flexibility Conference one of her introductory comments stuck out for us. Speaking to the challenges of “balancing our responsibilities as employees, as breadwinners, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives” Obama noted: It’s an issue that many folks have struggled with for so many years, and [...]
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Posted in Future of ROWE, Government, ROWE mindset, Work redefined, Workplace trends | 4 Comments »
Apr 1 » by Michael Barata
The times they are a-changin’ – Bob Dylan The next step in the ROWE movement has been taken and Cali & Jody are EXCITED and READY! CultureRx is partnering with ICF International, a prime vendor with the federal government, to execute the ROWE pilot within the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). This means ROWE [...]
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Posted in Effective management, Future of ROWE, Government, Labor law, ROWE, Work culture, Work Environment, Work redefined, Work-Life | 16 Comments »
Mar 30 » by Michael Barata
The ROWE movement hits Washington D.C.! Cali and Jody will be participating in The White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility scheduled for Wednesday, March 31 beginning at 1:15 and ending at 4:30 pm (EDT). That’s right! Cali and Jody will share the benefits of ROWE with lawmakers, other key figures, and First Lady Michelle Obama [...]
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Posted in Future of ROWE, Government, Labor law, ROWE, Work-Life, Workplace trends | 10 Comments »
